News/Canada
Quebec day care more apt to produce criminals, study shows
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Boys enrolled in Quebec’s universal child-care program are more likely to partake in criminal behaviour than boys from other provinces, a new study has found.
Saskatchewan doctors denied conscience rights
By Mary Deutscher, Canadian Catholic NewsSASKATOON - Saskatchewan doctors concerned about their loss of conscience rights are saying they will now be discriminated against for expressing conscience concerns on certain procedures.
Leaders need political will to combat global warming
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - World leaders need to exercise some political will to ensure there are binding agreements on climate change, says a Filipino cardinal.
School community unites around family devastated by crash
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterVAUGHAN, ONT. - The St. Joachim Separate School community is coming together to console each other after two of its students were among four family members killed in a traffic collision Sept. 27.
Bishops sign on to interfaith declaration on climate change, poverty reduction
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
Challenges loom for north with status change
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Six northern Canadian dioceses face immense financial, social and personnel challenges that could become more pronounced due to a looming change in status from missionary to normal dioceses, according to their bishops.
Vaccination objections on the rise in Ontario
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA 50-per-cent increase in the percentage of parents making religious or conscientious objections to getting their kids vaccinated could translate into an extra 10,000 unvaccinated children in Ontario’s public and Catholic school systems, a new study shows.
St. Vincent de Paul parish undergoes 100-year revival
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - On the evening of Aug. 4, 1914, news of Britain declaring war on Germany had just reached Toronto. While the city buzzed with tension and excitement, a group of men were meeting Fr. Lancelot Minehan in the basement of St. Helen’s Church to talk about forming a new parish in the growing suburban neighbourhood on Roncesvalles Avenue in the city’s west end.
Canada’s bishops urge invoking notwithstanding clause on assisted suicide
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - Canada’s Catholic bishops called unanimously Sept. 18 for the federal government to invoke the notwithstanding clause in response to the Supreme Court’s Feb. 6 Carter decision on euthanasia and assisted suicide.
Saint Thomas' Christians get a new bishop
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s 35,000 Catholic Saint Thomas Christians will have a bishop of their own as of lunchtime Saturday, Sept. 18.
Catholic bishops, organizations join forces to help Syrian refugees
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA - For the first time, several Catholic aid agencies are joining with the Canadian bishops to mount a joint appeal to raise funds to help Syrian refugees.